At 2:30 a.m. Beijing time on March 30, Lotus's first pure electric supercar SUV was officially unveiled, in 2019 Lotus released the first pure electric supercar EVIJA, in 2021 released the brand's last fuel sports car EMIR, with the debut of Lotus's first pure electric supercar SUV Eletre, the story belonging to Lotus will begin a new chapter. Recently, Report Cars obtained a set of pictures of Lotus Eletre.
It is said that the car is as its name, the name of a car can be described as quite important, Eletre is derived from the Hungarian language, meaning new life, speaking of this, everyone should be able to understand what it represents, symbolizing the brand's first pure electric Hyper SUV. This significance will be significant and mark lotus to open a new chapter in the brand's history.
The overall design language of the new model still maintains the unique agility and sharpness of the Lotus family, the front part of the car adopts a flat design method, the front face shape is highly recognizable, and the ventilation channels are provided on both sides of the encirclement, this design also continues the pore design of Evija, the hood is also designed with aerodynamic components, and the shape of the daytime lamp is inspired by the piano buttons.
See the body side, the cockpit as a whole moved forward, the rear position added some sneaky elements, carefully crafted body lines can effectively improve the aerodynamic efficiency, the traditional rearview mirrors were changed to electronic rearview mirrors, the door handle adopted a hidden, 23-inch large size rim, rear wheel width 325 mm, front wheel width 285 mm, and equipped with Lotus high-performance brake system.
Coming to the rear, the tail shape is very simple, the through-type taillights are equipped with breathing effects, which can express different vehicle states by displaying different colors, and the fixed tail wing at the top of the car and the electronically controlled active spoiler have also been adopted, which can provide up to 116 kg of downforce.
In terms of body size, the new car is more than 5.1 meters long and has a wheelbase of more than 3 meters, which is the three-dimensional dimensions of the standard medium and large SUVs, and the size of the BMW iX and Tesla Model X is similar. However, because the vehicle adopts a coupe design style, its height is not outstanding. However, for today's consumers, the value of the face is the most important, the sacrificial point of the driving space is not nothing, after all, the driver's seat and the passenger seat are the most important.
Open the door, see the interior, the main driver and co-driver of the center console above the display screen, the left and right sides are two streaming media rearview mirror display, the rear seat center is also set up a large screen, can control multimedia and navigation information and other functions, and can be adjusted by angle.
The key point is that the size of this OLED central control screen not only reaches 15.1 inches, which is very arrogant, but also has a very narrow border. There are many benefits to doing this, making it very low in position and not affecting the driver's field of vision. Of course, it is also equipped with a HUD and can display 29 inches of screen.
In the power part that everyone pays the most attention to, the whole series is equipped with four-wheel drive, and will use a battery pack of more than 100kWh, the total power of the front and rear dual motors is 447.4kW, with 2.95 seconds of 100 km acceleration, under 350 kW charging conditions, Eletre only needs to charge 20 minutes to travel 400 km.
Nowadays, it is the 3rd month of 2022, the new car is also expected to be unveiled in 2023, the next 5 years Lotus Group's global pure electric product matrix planning is as follows: in 2022, the pure electric intelligent SUV Eletre codenamed Type 132 will be launched, the E-class pure electric intelligent four-door coupe codenamed Type 133 will be launched in 2023, the new species of pure electric intelligence codenamed Type 134 will be launched in 2025, and the type 135 pure electric sports car will be launched in 2026. The Eletre will be on display at this year's Beijing Auto Show, so what do you think of this Lotus Eletre? Anyway, Xiaobian is very fond of it, but suffers from the wallet is not full enough.
Then again, although the SUV market has changed from a red ocean to a blue ocean, it is still the hottest market segment in China. Major supercar brands have also put down their bodies and began to obtain sales by launching SUV models, the previous Porsche, Lamborghini is a good model, and the British veteran sports car manufacturer Lotus is naturally also aimed at this market segment.
But unlike them, Lotus's first SUV was a pure electric SUV, which is both an opportunity and a challenge. After all, with the rise in fuel costs, electric vehicles are more popular with everyone. But many people think that people who can afford to run supercars, who will care about that little fuel cost, the control performance is YYDS, what do you think?
Editor = Huang Yikai
Producer = Lin Jing